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Teen caught trying to break into home

Authorities locked up a 15-year-old Athens boy Sunday morning after they say he tried to burglarize a home at Regency Park apartments on Athens’ Westside, Athens-Clarke police said.

A woman called 911 about 7:45 a.m. to report a teen was pushing up a neighbor’s window, and when officers arrived, they arrested the teen as he ran from the apartment complex on Sycamore Drive, police said.

He admitted that he tried to enter the apartment, police said, but told officers he thought it was a friend’s apartment.

Officers charged the teen with burglary and released him to his parents, police said.